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Jon and V Boat Conversions & Modifications
Country Dave’s Lowe 1752 modification/restoration project.
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<blockquote data-quote="Country Dave" data-source="post: 335722" data-attributes="member: 10344"><p><em>Hey thanks PSG-1, and thanks for the great info,</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>I’m learning a lot more about Tig every day. I’m not bad with oxygen and acetylene and not to bad stick welding ether. The little bit of Mig I’ve done with the spool gun wasn’t bad but my friend set the wire feed sped etc then handed me the helmet and gun.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>You’ve confirmed my understanding about thin vs. thicker aluminum and the best way to weld them. My understand is 3/16 and down Tig is best, too hard to Mig thin aluminum and hard to Tig the thick stuff. I also know you can’t re-temper the aluminum so I’m thinking the least amount of heat that will get the job done the better. </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>I also think you would have a little bit better control when Tiging, I know the welds sure look nice provided the person doing it has been doing it for awhile. The machine I’m getting will do aluminum or steel up to ¼ inch and has a Square-wave inverter and 45% duty cycle. I probably won’t need to weld anything thicker than 0.125 at least for project…………………………………………. :LOL2: </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Thanks again for the great info. </em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Country Dave, post: 335722, member: 10344"] [i]Hey thanks PSG-1, and thanks for the great info, I’m learning a lot more about Tig every day. I’m not bad with oxygen and acetylene and not to bad stick welding ether. The little bit of Mig I’ve done with the spool gun wasn’t bad but my friend set the wire feed sped etc then handed me the helmet and gun. You’ve confirmed my understanding about thin vs. thicker aluminum and the best way to weld them. My understand is 3/16 and down Tig is best, too hard to Mig thin aluminum and hard to Tig the thick stuff. I also know you can’t re-temper the aluminum so I’m thinking the least amount of heat that will get the job done the better. I also think you would have a little bit better control when Tiging, I know the welds sure look nice provided the person doing it has been doing it for awhile. The machine I’m getting will do aluminum or steel up to ¼ inch and has a Square-wave inverter and 45% duty cycle. I probably won’t need to weld anything thicker than 0.125 at least for project…………………………………………. :LOL2: Thanks again for the great info. [/i] [/QUOTE]
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